and officers apparently spotted the teen and identified him as a suspect in a previous robry. not the robbery today. when they tried to approach him, he plead, prompting this massive search effort in a residential area here along bascom avenue. the search did include the use of a santa clara county sheriff helicopter. and has diminished somewhat. there were dozens of car that's lined this bridge. the search is still taking place, so far, they have not captured their suspect n san jose abc 7 news. >> and now police are searching for vandals who used a laurjing device. investigators released this photo of a car leaving the scene, cars and mailboxes were

damaged. nine incidents have been reported. saturday, between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. sa. bc 7 is live with the follow up. laura? >> i'm at vineyard high school. you can see where two windows were smashed and rocked launched over the weekend. police believe these attacks were random and dangerous. >> this is no prank to this young mother. in the middle of the night a rock crashed through the window of her baby daughter's bedroom, narrowly missing the crib and embedding into the wall about 20 feet from the window. luckily they weren't home at the time. >> this went almost went through laundry room wall and covered glass all over my daughter's room, she's really young. and her crib just had a blinkit of glass in it police believe this is just one example of what happened at nine locations where vandals

used some kind of launcher to propel the rocks into homes, mailboxes and cars. and windows and there are so many barriers. dual payne windows going 20 feet into a wall, and going at that speed they're lucky they didn't hit a person. >> detectives released this video showing a car that may be linked to vandalism. it's a white suv or station wagon that drove by after they drove past this mailbox we heard someone talking about it, then, they'll call us. the severity of the actions we want to hold accountable for damage they did to the property. >> and i hope they get caught and what they deserve. because i just hope i never come across them because this is my daughter. this is my house, i'm not

going to have that. >> this is another window smashed. there was another rock attack here, a police officer was attacked and hit in the head by unknown individuals. police at this point do not think this and that one are related because they happened on two different sides of town z as for this vandalism, police are asking anyone with information to contact them here at livermore, we're showing you that number. and you can find it on our web site. in livermore abc 7 news. >> we need that. thank you very much. and occupy oakland protestors marched to san quentin today demanding change to the penal system. hundreds stood near the east gate and morning them, as abc 7 reports those three hikers once imprisoned in iran. the exit on highway 580 were block bid deputies and chp

officers, protesters had to park and walk. no one was able to get close. and correctional officers stood behind the gate. still, hundreds gathered to talk about how the prison system failed many. dan segal is a well known attorney in oakland standing behind the movement. >> california african americans are less than 10% of the population now. yet, 50% of those in prison. 50% of those on death row. >> these brought the prison rights movement and occupy oakland together standing with those inside. together they vowed to push for reforms within the prison system. >> prison should not be a place to be abused and exploited. to be tortured that. is not what prison should be

that. should change. >> among speakers were three hikers imprisoned in iran. they joined the movement. >> occupy movement will be beginning to gain strength when people on the outside are helping to bring about changes on the inside. >> while this was going on, san quentin was on lock down. prisoners kept in cells. a police chase through three counties ended this afternoon. the suspects tried to get way on foot this, began near livermore. the highway patrol troll spotted a pickup truck. police say the men threw a gun out of the window and the chase went south and then north, and never exceeded a speed limit. >> parties stayed in the further right lanes between 60 and 65 miles per hour. and and due to light traffic we let it go ahead.

>> and watch this, this guy jumps out and tried to make a run for it. and police caught all four of them near the ikea shopping center. >> berkeley police now acknowledge they did not initially respond to reports of a crime that turned into a murder. the victim was beaten to death outside of his home saturday night. neighbors identified him as a 67-year-old chemical engineer. police confirmed they did not respond to the first call because they committed a good portion of the officers for security for an anticipated march. police say they did send an officer to the march after a follow up call came in about an attack there. police have a suspect in custody. >> and an oakland police officer son leave tonight while detectives look into why he shot an armed robbery suspect in east oakland overnight. a passenger ran from the car. the driver got waiflt the

officer chased a passenger and opened fire when he saw he was armed. police confirmed the man never fired a gun of they not said what prompted the officer to shoot. procedures require the investigation be turned over to internal affairs. >> petaluma hit by a rampage. half a dozen homes were targeted and a school covered wall to wall with tags. there is a city with more than its share of graffiti. >> this is 98% of it out. >> police call him the graffiti vigilante. he's a 74-year-old retired cpa who volunteered his time cleaning up graffiti in the city 40 years. he is the one police called to clean up the graffiti. >> it's one of the worst ones we've seen. there is the whole area graffitied between friday night and saturday morning. >> most tags too graphic to

show, they included racial, gay slurs and sexually explicit scribblings. >> they identified teachers and they spray paint sod we think it's a student from the school. >> half a dozen homes were hit this weekend, possibly by the same taggers. that is where we caught up with him as he was cleaning up a fence in that neighborhood. >> i tell me if we don't take care of our town, who is going do it? >> they tell us graffiti hasn't been much of a problem but lawrence smith tells us they've noticed more tagging in months. >> this moment i can see it come up, i take care of it. i keep spray cans in my car. >> this neighbor believes stiffer fines would be a big deterrent. >> i think they're too l.a.x. on this. $5,000 first offense. >> students r yents will

trourn school and won't see a trace of the graffiti. the school district says cost was about $3,000. vic lee abc 7 news. >> and coming up next the abc 7 news i team kicks off you fix it week. >> this looks like it piled efrk up, here. >> an eye sore with 40 years of stuff piled up. one person taking responsibility for cleaning it up. >> also we're going drive a segment of the bay bridge and look at what might happen when work week traffic returns tomorrow. >> what is behind the sudden rise in gas prices? and the upcoming milestone from apple one customer will get to cash in on. those stories and more ahead on 7 on your side. >> and later one woman's phone call got caltrans looking for a stlugs a deer problem on the peninsula.

all right. here is the newly belt section of the bay bridge open for business now thanks to good weather and this is a detour you'll have to use that is a gentle s surf leading to upper deck. traffic light this morning because of the president's day holiday. and caltrans predicts there will be no problem tomorrow when traffic returns. now, you can see sluggish traffic approaching and leading to the bridge. many drivers returning home for a long gaet way weekend perhaps, bart reports it carried 40-50,000 extra passengers during the bridge

closure. >> and there is you fix it week, we're taking your e mails and give getting things fixed. >> tonight the i team took on a big project, cleaning up a home you'll have to see to believe. >> it's remarkable. and there is dan noyes with the story. >> a man with a hoarding problem creating havoc on one street. and it's been going on decades with no one left to call the i team to get involved. they sent thus picture we agreed enough is enough. imagine living next door to a yard to covered in trash you can see it on google map autos looks like a cyclone piled everything up rudy lived two doors down 47 years. >> you can see the house and this is debris, junk. i mean sal sol yid junk.

>> here a neighbor tried to wedge his side of the fence against that weight. >> the city should be ashamed of itself. anyone to do something about this. >> we did digging and found out this house still belongs to robert and betsy baker on paper but state records show they died in twut. the bakers lived with their son, richard. neighbors say richard piled each truck and bike here one at a time over 40 years. this is too much for polenti. >> crazy. >> neighbors describe the 58-year-old richard as he can sen trick and volatile. he hasn't been seen for months and it's not unusual but they worry when he disappears he might be dead in the house. so we called the fire department about that and they brought the sheriff and everybody went in. not an easy tas ook we had

deputies inside of the house. and the house was full of debris, boxes piled up to the keeling and stuff like that. that kind of made it difficult it wasn't the first time they'd been there for a welfare check and there was no sign of bake year kids call it the spooky house. you know? and people throw stuff there too, you know? >> how did it get like this? neighbors say it got worse after baker's parents died going from untidy to out of control. and we worked our way through a maze of agencies. and not one is taking responsibility. we got referred again and again to santa clara county code enforcement, another dead end. >> we're looking to try to change someone's behavior. this time, what i can tell you is that we don't valentine tools to change people's behaviors for certain people like mr. baker. >> code inskbrorkts visited 20 times in five years.

and took baker to court. and when a 100 a day fine went to collections baker ignored officials. that is it. code enforcement manager says unless a property owner is willing to change his office can't force them to. and it is not a safety issue. >> it's a touchy subject. it's property rights, it's personal life style issues. that is why i said earlier we're talking the county has minimum standards not ta say we don't care but we're not trying to tell people how to live their lives. >> we decided to try one last avenue, taking a neighbor's complaints to a supervisor. >> the buck stop was meechl i can't blame anyone else. you can blame me. buck stops right here with me. i'm the last on the list. you don't have to go past me he told me county staff will

try to address mental health issues if he can find richard baker. after questions last week the supervisor contacted the fire marshal declaring it unsafe. the case is now with the county council. next step, finally, a clean up. >> how long will it take? >> i don't know. as soon as the -- the sooner the better. i can't direct the staff but the next couple months i would say we should have action. >> there you have it. the supervisor says the home will be cleaned up in about two months. you know we'll be watching. and tax records say someone kept paying property taxes but stopped in 2009. and add to that the unpaid fines and now, you have the county's attention. tomorrow night there is a major graffiti problem, taking neighbor complaints to the police. >> should be an interesting

week. >> yes. it is. >> get it done. >> and spencer is here now. what a lovely day. >> there say few sprinkles and rain drops and there are sunny skies and now we're looking at a beautiful shot from this camera towards sutro tower, you can see lots of clear breaks there z there are skies getting clearer and clearer and sunnier. there is mainly mid to upper 50s and still mild and there is some amazingly mild weather coming up. partly cloudy skies with patchy fog turning sunny and mild tomorrow and warmer days ahead wednesday and thursday. much warmer. there is high clouds this

afternoon and evening evening hours. there is a strong ridge going to give us sunny skies and it's going to be very, very mild. notice moisture to the north that will remain north and there are mainly sunny skies from that point inland and there are warmer days head where highs will soar into mid to upper 70s before this warm spell breaks, tonight it will be mild with low 40s in parts of the north bay valleys, some fog will develop inland and won't be very wide spread, then, tomorrow, mainly sunny skies there are 72 degrees in santa rosa and antioch. there is mid to upper is a

similar range of highs around the skbai low 70s inland. there is wednesday, milder, thursday, still milder, highs mid to upper 70s inland, thursday. >> there is a cool down over the weekend there is a cooler pattern. >> certainly is. >> and coming up next, we celebrate an american hero. >> god speed, john glenn. >> there is 50 years ago today the u.s. took the lead in the space ee

demonstrateor s rode buses to mobilize riders against service cuts and fare increases, asking riders to sign a petition they want the transportation commission to renegotiate agreements made years ago. now that rates have fallen they say the so called deals are costing millions every year. >> one of the things mtc is doing is they're paying fees instead of pufting money towards services. and... that is like $53 million in slot fee that's go

to the bank. >> tomorrow they plan to take protests to the banks in san francisco's financial district. >> and it was 50 years ago today that the united states took the upper hand in the space race against the soviet union. on february 20th john glenn became the first american to orbit the earth, circling the globe three times in a four hour and 55 minute flight. now 90 years old, remembering fear that's surround that had space mission. >> the doctors were concern that had your eyes might change shape and your vision might change enough to make an emergency reentry if you had to. >> and glenn says he fears the united states will fall behind in the space race once again since american kids are falling behind in math and

science. >> at 6:30 the high stakes nuclear standoff taking place in iran driving up gas prices and could deal a blow to the economy. >> rs, what a way the person who buys the 25th billionth app from apple and hundreds per second, just a matter of time. >> remembering one of the last survivors of the great san francisco earthquake more than a century ago. stay with us. the news continues right after this.

good evening once again, we'll start with a price of a gallon of gas. you know how high gas prices are f not you're in for a shock when you fill up tomorrow. the average price in california now stands at $4:03 per gallon. and 3.07s ndz san francisco.

mark matthews is here with a look at how much is due to what's happening in iran. >> we know that when price of oil jumps up, gas prices do, too. and today, the price of a barrel of oil hit a hichl i can tell you that the price of oil is tied to tensions over iran's nuclear program. iran fired up exercises and announced it's kurting off shipments ahead of the you're yeen oil embargo of iran. u.s. is sailing war ships into the persian gulf and in a shadow war iranian scientists are being gunned down in tehran and israelies being targeted in terrorist bombings. potentially explosive environment as nuclear policy experts worried about a spark you might get a clash between u.s. and iranian naval vessels. and another seizure of an embassy and this could result

in the loss of life. >> the advisor to secretary of state clinton says mistakes are so high, no side can afford to pay the price of a military option. >> i think it's likely we're going to end this with a negotiated settle oomt if they do fail, israel said there is a narrow window of opportunity to this spring to bomb the northern most nuclear facility. after april israel believes the cetri fujs will be fortified and israel won't be able to reach them. at stanford this expert says iran doesn't believe israel's threat. >> they're calculation is that they're wrong that israel won't attack unless it has the west's backing. and unless it has the united states backing. >> president obama sent his national security advisor to israel. and says just look at the

math. there are more nuclear facilities than we know. >> and trying to take them out, i think will have a political cause and human cost that neither israel nor the united states can, or should do. >> he believes nothing will deter iran from developing it's nuclear program and the national security advisor we spoke with that is advising the president says bombing iran may speed up production. israel said does it not need the west permission to persue a military solution. >> and because of the iran embargo, commodities traders bid up the price of crude oil and it is now selling for almost $105 a barrel, and hillary clinton signed an agreement to develop more oil and gas from the u.s. mexico

count dri in the gulf of mexico which is currently off limits to drilling. gas prices have gone up 20 sites. >> how high are the pump prices ready to go? >> and the bay hear add higher higher price buzz time, we're talking national averages. the average price could hit $5 a gallon, and part of the problem isn't just iran but the economy, improving economy is partly to blame. >> a lot of gas prices will be tied to the economy. >> adding to problem california drivers may more in taxes than anyone else. and there is more than 64 cents a gallon here.

and ucs school of business says everyone cent increase takes $1 billion out of the rest of the economy. if you thought men don't like to shop, wait until you hear this. "new york times" reports sales of men's clothing and accessories especially access riz for the first time in three months of the year could set a 20-year high. and sales increased over the past year. one of the popular bridges is bracelets now being called wrist wear. here is something to help support your clothing habit or just about everything else, apple is counting down to the 25th billion app sale. this is live from their web site right now. you can see there is 524 million down loads to go.

and contest rules are on apple site. >> wow now. dourk have a consumer problem? if i can help gou to abc 7 news.com and i'll give it a shot. >> that is a lot of wrist wear. >> i like that. wrist wear instead of bracelet autos and they're moving away from the man purse, too. >> and she was a survivor in every sense of the word today san francisco said goodbye to one of the few remaining people who lived through the 1906 earthquake and fire. jonathan bloom with the family's fondest memories. at ordinary rose lasts only a season, but this rose lived for a century. >> anyone over 100, they're usually drooling. not a chance for rose. >> this was rose in 2009 she. was honored as one of the only living survivors of the 1906 earthquake and fire. watching flames destroy

downtown san francisco was one of her earliest memory autos her dad and mom took her and her 11 siblings up on the hill in vernal sites. they lived on gate street them watched the fire. >> this photograph shows a view rose would have seen, she was three years old at the time. one of the brother who's watched with her went on to become the first of three generations of san francisco firefighters. and that is why when rose finally pass wade at age 109, she was honor by san francisco's finest. >> she is an inspiration to the family. >> her great nephew says she prided herself on a healthy life style. >> she ate an apple a day, every day. i believe she did that. >> instead of apples fillet was served in her honor. holding the memorial here at john's grill seemed fitting. the restaurant opened during the rebuilding effort. there is another thing on the

block around that long. it just so happens to be this hydrant. >> they changed water system. they've got high pressure, low pressure. >> devastation of 1906 forever changed fire fighting in san francisco. and pumping stations were built to handle the next earthquake. >> we don't want to be in that situation. so fire department is preparing for earthquake autos whens asks for herman, he's preparing for his 80th birthday. >> this is her yesterday dairy, i hope. >> his son prepared to fight the next fire n san francisco abc 7 news. >> coming up, the woman who called caltrans and has them tracking a deer problem. >> bay area's silent film festival getting a lot of buzz thanks to one film. this film, stay with us. xxxd

the film generating buzz this year is "the artist", a silent movie. and tonight don sanchez turns back the movie clock. >> it has captured our nag nation. the artist is a silent film with music. it shows us you don't need sound to tell a story. >> i love the "artist". the artistic director of the san francisco silent film fest

ral. >> it has been good for us. our feeling is that once we get people in the door, they're converts. >>. >> there many places to go, come med -- comedy classics are charming and the smoldering rudolph valentino. she says stories were relevant today as then. >> revelation is that these films do touch them owe on a human level. this is screening the 1927 classic "napoleon" accompanied by the oakland east bay symphony. it will be shown at the paramount theater, it's one of the palaces from the glorious

era of film restored to the way it was when going to a movie was a major event that. comes in late march this, festival is in july. oscars began to celebrate film making. >> they're creating a new art form. how exciting is that? >> this first academy award winner, now 80 years later could another make it home? we find out on sunday. >> and it is just six days away now. you'll find a lot of history of fashion, gallery and fascinating facts. >> courage begins on sunday and arrivals begin at 1:30 arks wards show starts at 5:30, then oprah will be on jimmy kimmel live. >> be sure to down load the oscar app for lividdo and you

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a big move he oversees for the nation's largest retailer, walmart anoubsd interest to take over a retailer in china it will give improved access to chinese customers. and new york knicks say they reach a multi year deal with time warner cable which kept the knicks off the air in new york two months and sony will troin dus its new play station on wednesday. it's a $250 hand held game console. that will allow to you play games on the go. >> and almost once per month, a driver on interstate 280 collide was a deer.

the accidents are deadly for the animal asks costly and dangerous for drivers. now, state is doing something about the problem thanks to a woman's phone call. >> if you're a wild animal this, meadow as close as you'll goat paradise. the only problem are the neighbors. giant metal boxes flying across concrete to. a deer it's a death trap. on this 20 mile stretch of highway 280, some 50 deer have been hit by cars and most did not survive. >> it's not a graceful way to die and end your life. >> catherine saw some of the carnage and decided something had to be done. >> i felt like i had to be a voice for the animals. and i thought i'd help them out. >> and she did what she

thought any good citizen should do. she called caltrans. what she got was more than expected. >> i heard they've never seen anything move through the sthait quickly. >> she was introduced to this man. professor schilling, running california road kill observation system. >> there are people that study road kill? >> study road kill part of understanding wildlife and how they move in real yaigs to roads. >> because of the call, caltrans offering schilling a $381,000 grant to do a study starting with a big, scary gun. >> it's a tranquilizer dart gun. >> they catch the deer attaching gps tracking columns. now, schilling can watch their move in realtime. >> the deer on the collar we put them because they're next to the freeway. >> these lines are hoof prints

leading towards an answer. >> this animal this, yellow has been walking along the edge of the freeway. >> what schilling discovered that is that each deer lives in a relatively small area z in it the deer needs a place to sleep, eat, and a good supply of clean water it's like a house. if it had a freeway running through it. >> schilling learned some are crossing the right way. >> this is using the under path. it's moving across and not endangering drivers. >> and now, the question how do you get the deer to do that? >> have you to give them pathways. there is a deer doesn't know to walk down here. >> by watching the deer move, schilling figured out they'll

travel up to a mid mil to find a safe way across. if they don't... they'll make a run for it. a possible solution is build fences eight feet tall. it's a kbrinl dollar answer, caltrans says it's willing to consider. >> if we can do something to cut down on amount of wildlife being killed by vehicular activities, we're happy to help that. >> and uc davis made her the project coordinator. >> do they call you the deer lady? >> maybe they say it behind my back. i don't know. >> nice to have a change there. it's dangerous. >> and. >> there is a skies that got a lot sunnier this afternoon there. is a time lapse view here in san francisco that is slowing

clear skies. foits tok mild in loks especially here in the bay area. there are firefighters rising. highs into low 70s inland locations. there is the accu-weather forecast. check out warming. by thursday, highs into mid to upper 70s, mid-70s around the bay and on the coast. and then, we can cool down over the weekend and there is no rain in site, feeling like winter. >> for us, 60 degree autos yes. >> thank you very much. >> and a's sign a slugger but don't expect to see him wearing green and gold opening day. >> stay with us. ab

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grown in a lab could end up on your dinner table. >> now, talking sports and it's kind of a weird back to the future moment. >> explain this. >> and i'll take a shot. 10 years ago this would have been like stop the presses news. it's weird curiosity. a's signed manny ramirez. did this has been rumored a while there. and this is a low cost, low risk deal they give a minor league contact -- contract and the 39-year-old will start by serving a 50-game suspension because he testified positive for banned substances twice. manny has 555 career homers and known to be a problem in the club house at times but claims he has a brand new

attitude. we'll see. one of the big story lines for giants this spring, bush p.toush sign matt cane for a long term extension. cane loves pitching along side tim lincecum and the rest of the staff. >> i don't think there is anything more fun than having a good rotation in that whether me and z or bogey. all of us do thachl they do that together and some guys will get hot. and we get to run off a bunch of wins in a month and sounds of the latest of the jeremily. n show. carmelo anthony returns to the knicks line up. and knicks in sync early on. and there is a nice passing.

and lin, the feel here, to ignite the break. wants to give it to carmelo. jeremy hits a floater with 13 points. williams had a huge game for new jersey. 36 points. there is warriors hoofting clippers tonight and there is a dunking machine providing highlight reel materials every night. and seth curry... we got the low. well aware of the challenge. >> this looks like on the floor. and... you know... the way he attacks the rim, he's relentless and pursuing the ball as well. >> in honor of president's day

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